Pamięć Miasta vs The Saxon Palace AR Usage & Stats
The Warsaw Rising Museum presents a mobile app called Memory of the City.
This app is an attempt to rescue from oblivion the monuments, statues and plaques commemorating Warsaw insurgents and residents of fighting Warsaw and it provides a chance to get to know their history. It is a collection of about 370 sites related to the Warsaw Rising, accompanied by short descriptions showing historical events and the fate of people living in German occupied Warsaw.
This app consists of archival photographs from the collection of the Warsaw Rising Museum as well as contemporary photographs. For 30 selected sites, we have also prepared audio recordings, read by Sonia Bohosiewicz. All sites are marked on a map in their respective districts. Using geolocation you can find each place and easily navigate through the city.
The app has been developed in two language versions–Polish and English. The app is complemented by a map, which shows the sites of memory by districts, available at www.1944.pl.
This database is constantly updated by the Warsaw Rising Museum.
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Thanks to an educational application that uses Augmented Reality technology, you can see the Saxon Palace in its shape from before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. This is possible in the very place where the Palace stood throughout centuries - on Pilsudski Square in Warsaw.
Viewing the Saxon Palace through a mobile device is a fascinating journey in time, during which the voice of the narrator will guide you through three chapters of the history of the building. First, you will hear about the construction and transformation of the Palace, along with the history of the people and institutions that were connected to it. Then, the journey will take you through the tragic moment of Palace’s destruction during World War II and, finally, to its reconstruction in the upcoming years.
With the app, you will find out where Frédéric Chopin lived and created his first compositions, where Polish cryptologists cracked enemy’s secret codes, and which Polish kings resided in the Palace - and many, many more. In addition, you will discover the history of the Brühl Palace, which before WWII housed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The project is being implemented as a part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of regaining independence by our country, and as one of the means of restoring Polish nationhood. It was financed by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport in the framework of the NIEPODLEGŁA (INDEPENDENT) Multiannual Program for the years 2017-2022.
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Pamięć Miasta VS. 
The Saxon Palace ARDecember 23, 2024